Grade+4+Unit+2-Close+Reading+1

= Introduction: = In order to teach this lesson, students will need to know the elements of fairy tales and fractured fairy tales.

= Student Outcomes: = 1- Students will be able to complete a written response based on the text read. 2- Students will be able to write an essay, comparing and contrasting the point of view of two different narrators in a story.

1- Look at the boy's first statement on page 152. What can you tell about the boy based on his words and expression? Predict how this will affect the story. 2- According to the girl's response on page 156 , why do you think she feels the "dude" should be cute? || =Questions:= 1- Look at the last line on page 165. "She has happy memories of these times spent with relatives talking, cooking, singing, and most of all, simply //listening."// Why does the author put the word listening in italics? What do you think it tells us about that word? || = Summative Questions: = 1- After reading "Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude", explain why you think the author included conversation bubbles throughout the story. 2- In your opinion, who did a better job of storytelling- the girl or the boy? Explain why using examples from the story. 3- After reading both texts, respond to the following question. How do you think Diane Ferlatte would feel about the storytelling of the girl and boy in "Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude?"
 * =Title 1: Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude= || =Title 2: Storyteller Diane Ferlatte= ||
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